Oh man, freaked out on the subway

I just had the worst subway ride ever. There was a crazy guy. He was making hand gestures on the car like he was shooting everyone and laughing about it. Did it to me and just smiled at me as he did it. Running up and down the train car yelling at everyone. He went up to this one guy and started yelling at him and touching him. When he asked him to stop he raised his hand like he was going to pummel the guy. Then he reached down his pants and I thought he was pulling out a gun. Instead he pulled out his penis and started laughing because everyone was freaked out. He got off at the stop I did and was walking 20 feet behind me. I just ran. Ran up the biggest escalator in the entire D.C metro system, ran into my building, up the 4 flights of steps and locked it. Holy crap. I seriously thought he was pulling out a gun when he pulled out his dick. Jesus.

For the future, ask Metro how to call police assistance to a car, and/or to the next station. Been awhile since I've ridden the DC Metro, so not sure what emergency call devices or buttons the cars have. And what support for cell phones they have, if any, for the underground stretches of the system.

TheIStrat saidIt's the woodley park metro stop i'm at. I think its the longest escalator in the system

Second longest....i think Wheatley is the longest

and they must be awesome....i have ridden up the Dupont Circle one and it's like coming up out of the bowels of Hell.....takes forever. .....that's cuz they had to build the new metro station underneath the old subterranean trolley car station which is underneath all the sewers, etc infrastructure that is under a city's streets.

TheIStrat saidI just had the worst subway ride ever. There was a crazy guy. He was making hand gestures on the car like he was shooting everyone and laughing about it. Did it to me and just smiled at me as he did it. Running up and down the train car yelling at everyone. He went up to this one guy and started yelling at him and touching him. When he asked him to stop he raised his hand like he was going to pummel the guy. Then he reached down his pants and I thought he was pulling out a gun. Instead he pulled out his penis and started laughing because everyone was freaked out. He got off at the stop I did and was walking 20 feet behind me. I just ran. Ran up the biggest escalator in the entire D.C metro system, ran into my building, up the 4 flights of steps and locked it. Holy crap. I seriously thought he was pulling out a gun when he pulled out his dick. Jesus.

I know you weren't thinking of much but getting away, but don't run home, cause if he follows you, he now knows where you live, go someplace with lots of people, like a grocery. plus there's lots of cans and heavy things to throw at him.

Sorry to hear about that. Dealing with crazy on the subway trains are never fun. They just ruin the zen mode you get into before you have to head into work or the relaxing hitch home. There are some crazy people on the Subways in Philly. Last past fall, some loony decided to beat the crap out of a sleeping passenger with a hammer. It was a completely random attack too.